consonant vs post-alveolar

post-alveolar vs consonant

consonant and post-alveolar both are nouns.

consonant is an adjective but post-alveolar is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
consonant	Yes	Yes	No	No
post-alveolar	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, post-alveolar is a hyponym of consonant; that is, post-alveolar is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than consonant:

consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel
post-alveolar: (phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.

Other hyponyms of consonant include alveolar, alveolar consonant, dental, dental consonant, obstruent, aspirate, labial, labial consonant, labiodental, labiodental consonant, nasal, nasal consonant, lingual, liquid, geminate, surd, voiceless consonant, velar, velar consonant, guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant, ejective, ejective consonant, post-alveolar consonant, postalveolar, postalveolar consonant, oral consonant, coronal consonant.

consonant (noun)	post-alveolar (noun)
a speech sound that is not a vowel	(phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

consonant (adjective)	post-alveolar (adjective)
in keeping
involving or characterized by harmony

Difference between consonant and post-alveolar

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